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Through the regional property programme, there is a commitment to that work on a local level to try to identify land and property and to work with local partners. I take the Member's point: we should be maximising the potential that we have with our access to both markets and encouraging our manufacturers to be able…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales
I know that the question was about land, but I am more interested in Invest NI developing jobs and economic growth in the area. Minister, surely with dual market access, where we are selling products, we should be focused on expanding the manufacturing industry and providing the land to enable that. You have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales
I am aware of the issue at Balloo South and that there has been no land sold there in the past 10 years. However, Invest NI will continue to market the estate as an attractive investment location and pursue property interests from those businesses that meet its intervention criteria. There is land available at Balloo…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales
Thank you very much, Minister. Industrial land at Balloo South Business Park in Bangor, which is owned by Invest NI, has been left undeveloped for about 10 years. I cannot hold the Minister responsible for that. However, many businesses in North Down want that issue to be progressed. Will the Minister commit to…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales
Industrial land is an important element of our investment proposition, as it can enable the establishment and growth of locally owned businesses and attract inward investors. Invest NI's total landholding is 2,700 acres, the majority of which has been sold and developed. Since 2020, Invest NI has sold approximately…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI: Land Sales
I thank the Member for her question and her good wishes. Tax reliefs remain an option, but due to the complexity of modelling the tax relief itself and the need to change the legislation that will be required, it is unlikely to form part of the overall programme, but there will be sufficient alternative interventions…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone
I welcome the Minister to her new ministerial role. Can the Minister outline whether tax reliefs are expected to be part of the enhanced investment zones?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone
I thank the Member for his response. As he will know, navigating such programmes is a bureaucratic and lengthy process: our experience with city deals is testament to that. We put political weight behind such things and make progress. I will certainly do that and will engage to seek updates from officials on progress…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone
I am hugely disappointed. That £150 million fund was announced 12 months ago, and it seems that all we have had is engagement at official level. Minister, I know that you have only just taken up post, but we need political engagement in order to push the funding forward. We talk about a lack of funding in the Assembly…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone
My officials continue to work closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) through a joint working group to co-design the North's £150 million enhanced investment zone programme. The development of the programme must follow an MHCLG pre-agreed staged-approval process. The target for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone
Progress is being made in relation to all three brands. I will be happy to write to the Member with further details on Ireland's Ancient East specifically and on joining up the Wild Atlantic Way with the Causeway coastal route.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
Further to the previous question, the Minister will know that I, along with my colleagues on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, have led the charge on extending the Ireland's Ancient East tourism brand into counties Armagh and Down. What has the Minister…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
The incorporation of areas of the North into Fáilte Ireland's regional brands is a key driver for delivering regional economic growth and a key action in my Department's tourism vision and action plan. Tourism NI is working collaboratively with councils and operators to determine how broadening the reach of those…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
Minister, will you provide an update on the inclusion of the North in Fáilte Ireland's regional brands?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
I thank the Member for her good wishes. Being from the north coast, I am particularly aware of that issue and have engaged with the council and with others, locally, in respect of that. I have not yet had the opportunity to engage with the Minister for Infrastructure, but I am more than happy to do so. The Open…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
I congratulate the Minister on her new post. Like Sinéad, I look forward to working with you, Minister. Minister, you mentioned the Open. The Open's bringing so many tourists to the area puts pressure on accommodation and public transport. What discussions have you had with the Minister for Infrastructure to ensure…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
I have asked —.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
Tourism Ireland is responsible for marketing the entire island of Ireland. One of the Member's colleagues asked a question for written answer on that matter. I will share the answer with the Member.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
Tourism is crucial to the Northern Ireland economy, and the Northern Ireland tourist offering faces particular challenges when competing with the Republic of Ireland, which has VAT of 9%. With that in mind, how on earth is it appropriate that Northern Ireland Tourism's website for its marketing campaign and spring…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
In January, my Department launched the tourism vision and action plan, which outlines 17 actions to drive sustainable, regionally balanced economic growth in the sector. Delivery will be overseen by the tourism partnership board. Actions include incorporating local regions into Fáilte Ireland’s regional brands;…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism
The work being done through local economic partnerships, the particular focus that we have put on the development of the Magee campus and ensuring that we reach the target of 10,000 students and the task force that was put in place to report on that have been really positive and constructive. Our further education…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim
Minister, I wish you all the best in your new role and look forward to working with you. Do you agree that, without legislation to mandate a fairer, regionally balanced higher education policy, we will continue to see unequal provision of third-level education across the North?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim
The skills fund, which aligns with the economic vision, supports a range of initiatives, including a new SKILL UP programme for those aged 18 and older who are eligible to work here that aims to develop our workforce in priority sectors. SKILL UP courses range from entry level to level 7, are fully funded and are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim
How is the skills fund in particular supporting educational attainment rates across the North?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim
I thank the Member for that question. It is a really important issue that we need to address, and it is one that I am committed to taking forward. Ensuring that skills, training and education opportunities are available to everybody, regardless of their ability, is really important, particularly in relation to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tertiary Educational Attainment: East Antrim
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